Lenovo VP promises world’s first 5G smartphone with Snapdragon 855

The Vice President of Lenovo is a man named Chang Cheng, and he, like many important figures in China, has his own Weibo account. Weibo is the essentially the Twitter of China and it’s where a lot of leaks come from when the device is in the country. The man recently made an announcement on the Chinese social network, which has since been deleted, claiming a new milestone for the smartphone industry. If true, he states the world’s first 5G smartphone will come from Lenovo. It will feature the Snapdragon 855 chipset from Qualcomm, and then encourages the people who want to know more to visit a conference.

So, this is where things get sticky. Lenovo has made a lot of promises in the past and they seem to always find a way to mess things up. They promised that Motorola would work independently and everything would be the same, but then they ended up selling their building in Chicago. Then it was only two months ago when they teased their next smartphone would have a full front screen display without any bezels on the top, bottom, left, or right. But a month later when they officially announced the Lenovo Z5, it still had a notched forehead and didn’t look anything like the sketch he uploaded to Weibo.

So, I will say believe what you will from Lenovo’s Vice President Chang Cheng, but I am certainly not going to be holding my breath on this one.